Discussion
Consider the following statements about the Jaziya tax in the Mughal period :
(i) Akbar abolished the Jaziya in 1564.
(ii) Akbar re-imposed the Jaziya in 1575.
(iii) Akbar abolished the Jaziya again in 1579-80.
(iv) Aurangzeb re-imposed the Jaziya in 1679. Which are the correct statement from the above.
Answer: C
All four statements are correct, option C according to the key. Akbar abolished the jaziya in 1564, it is described as being re-imposed in 1575 and again abolished in 1579-80, and Aurangzeb re-imposed the tax in 1679, the best known of these steps.
Options A, B and D leave out one or more of the statements and so are incomplete.
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